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Fri 10 Oct 2007Days of wine and roses overMany of the pledges in FF's election manifesto may have to be deferred, writes Paul Tansey, Economics EditorThe prolonged boom in the Irish economy is drawing to a close. While economic growth will continue for the foreseeable future, it will be at a much slower pace than has been experienced over the past decade.